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Minister vows to get new homes builthttps://www.theguardian.com/society/2010/sep/22/grant-shapps-housebuilding-new-homes
Grant Shapps explains how his plans will guarantee a new housebuilding spree<p>The taxi driver who takes me from Potters Bar station to interview housing minister Grant Shapps at his home nearby turns out to be deputy mayor for a neighbouring Tory-controlled borough. Time for a bit of market research. So what does this Conservative voter think of the government's plans to give local people more say in what homes are built in their area? "It's a good idea, but we can't build round here because it's green belt," he claims. He then informs me that a three-bed house in these leafy parts costs around £300,000, and with mortgage lenders demanding a 30% deposit, his grown-up son, who still lives at home, will not be able to own a family home.</p><p>Therein lies the conundrum; people want more affordable homes but not in their back yard. So can Shapps solve it?</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2010/sep/22/grant-shapps-housebuilding-new-homes">Continue reading...</a>HousingLocal governmentSocietyCommunitiesGrant ShappsWed, 22 Sep 2010 07:10:49 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/society/2010/sep/22/grant-shapps-housebuilding-new-homesPhotograph: Martin Argles/GuardianGrant Shapps says there are no plans to roll back Thatcher's right to buy policy. Illustration: Martin Argles for the GuardianPhotograph: Martin Argles/GuardianGrant Shapps says there are no plans to roll back Thatcher's right to buy policy. Illustration: Martin Argles for the GuardianAlison Benjamin2010-09-22T07:10:49ZTories' housing plans to raise the roofshttps://www.theguardian.com/society/2010/jan/20/shapps-housing-conservative-home-ownership
Grant Shapps, the shadow housing minister, says a Conservative government would promote home ownership – without returning to Thatcher-era council house sell-offs<p>At his regular constituency advice bureau recently, shadow housing minister Grant Shapps came face to face with a victim of Britain's recession. "This chap was in a terrible state – bankrupt, lost his home," he recalls. "But do you know what? He still aspired to owning a home again."</p><p>As the general election looms, Shapps, MP for Welwyn Hatfield since 1997 and, for some, a rising star in the shadow cabinet, can see clear blue water emerging between the Tories and Labour on housing. In the aftermath of the credit crunch and the global financial meltdown, Labour, he claims, is sidelining home ownership and re-emphasising the importance of social housing. "Labour has given up on aspiration in their rush to shore up their core voting areas," he says. "I couldn't disagree more with them."</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2010/jan/20/shapps-housing-conservative-home-ownership">Continue reading...</a>HousingSocietyCommunitiesSocial housingGrant ShappsWed, 20 Jan 2010 00:05:19 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/society/2010/jan/20/shapps-housing-conservative-home-ownershipPhotograph: Martin Argles/GuardianGrant Shapps, shadow housing minister, says the Tories got it wrong in the 1980s 'because we did not make any connection between communities and society'. Photograph: Martin ArglesPhotograph: Martin Argles/GuardianGrant Shapps, shadow housing minister, says the Tories got it wrong in the 1980s 'because we did not make any connection between communities and society'. Photograph: Martin ArglesPeter Hetherington2010-01-20T00:05:19Z